najjah166
Legend
Platinum Level
the emotion is negative when you do not talk about, so I was like you, but the fact talking about here in this wonderful forum, where people do not laugh at you, instead he advise you and they sympathize and share their own experience and reassure you that this feeling of anger they feel too, in these cases, you feel better and you say to yourself: I'm not the only one with that feeling, so you go ahead and you progress, anyway, that's my feeling, I progress in this direction and I take those emotions to better move forward in my game, and it works, good luck
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Meepomancer1122
Rock Star
Silver Level
When I know that I'm going to go all in, I stop looking at the computer, drink a bit of water and then look again in about 30 second to see if I won or lost haha
Other than that, just always think about what your opponent could have and try to use it to your favor
Other than that, just always think about what your opponent could have and try to use it to your favor
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thaliko86
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Poker is an extremely exciting game by itself. I can not see poker dissociated from emotion, yet I believe that the constant practice of the game, many hands played and the familiarity that any player acquires over time are factors that help to soften the "most obvious reactions" or so-called "tells" that we notice a lot in beginning players or with little practice and vicence at the tables. Emotion is a crucial factor in the game and that's what makes it so admirable, but that does not mean you have to be nuts on the flop, or when you hit a flush on the turn ... Poker is thrill and control of emotions is part of what better composes a player, be it online or live.
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kdawg71
Rock Star
Silver Level
Keeping ones cool in a game is very difficult. When I am playing my best is when I am very focused on every aspect of my own game as well as my opponents game at the same time. During this time of what I call a transcedental state I don't allow anything to bother me and keep focused on my goal which is to maximizing my gains and minimizing my loses. These periods are few and far between, mind you. When I don't keep my cool, which happens more often, needless I am playing losing poker.
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CallmeFloppy
Legend
Bronze Level
Its tough to take emotion completely out of the game, but if you base your feelings on how you played the hand and not necessarily the outcome, it helps.
If I know I played the hand correctly and lost I can be ok knowing I played it right and got unlucky. If I played it wrong, I can focus on what I should have done differently.
If I know I played the hand correctly and lost I can be ok knowing I played it right and got unlucky. If I played it wrong, I can focus on what I should have done differently.
fa1920
Visionary
Silver Level
From experience, you will get that. But it's much easier if you do not like poker and you only see it as a job
Ricardo007
Enthusiast
Silver Level
The only way to win in poker is to bet, and the only way to win big is to bet a lot. Poker is a game of aggression, opportunity and focus. Also, as you master the basics of the game, you'll learn when you need to increase aggressiveness at the table, focus on what you're doing.
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ThinkIllcallUwitha5
Enthusiast
Silver Level
What's helped me recently is thinking about "did I get it in good/stick to my pre-chosen strategy", meaning did the right thing theoretically based on the information I had, instead of "did I win". Being results-oriented, as the latter is called, is always tilting, in my experience. When I'm results-oriented, I think of myself as a hero in a story and it feels wrong not to win every pot where I have a chance, and it feels wrong to let myself get maybe bluffed even if I'm out of position with a not-too-strong hand and can't do anything about it. But when I'm focusing on "did I stick to my strategy", I don't really feel anything when I lose, because I know I'll get 'em in the long run as long as I continue with that.
okeedokalee
Glory To Ukraine
Loyaler
Always make the best decision.
Hold in your mind sometimes your best move will be trumped by some weird Villain or Site occurrence that you cannot control.
Accept what happens, don't dwell on it.
Keep playing your A game.
Hold in your mind sometimes your best move will be trumped by some weird Villain or Site occurrence that you cannot control.
Accept what happens, don't dwell on it.
Keep playing your A game.
Lorpugo
Rock Star
Silver Level
Search an artie in google chen coin flip from mathematician and poker player billchen no book or youtube video will help you better to control variance than this article where it is simply explained.
http://www.stevebadger.com/poker/math/variance/
http://www.stevebadger.com/poker/math/variance/
JBGoode
Rock Star
Silver Level
the best way to handle emotions is to only play when your ok with losing. Now there are those times if feels like your just getting bullied out of pots, and this happens because we haven't build a proper image for ourselves at the table. The best way to combat this is to have a cheat sheet for ranges. I use RFI, Vs. RFI, Vs. 3Bet, and Squeezes. If you feel like your starting to make emotionally based discussions then pull these up and stick to them. If you pull them up and still fill the urge to go against them. This is probably a good time to take a break.
jmateuspoker
Rock Star
Silver Level
Emotion
Not of to play without emotion but we need to try to have a good management of emotions especially when we lose a hand and another and another and we feel like the deck in offset or when we lose with AA after KK but that's part of the game need to be patient and play with the emotions and with our reason
I do not believe in a game where you play it only with reason and even the emotional factor counts a lot in poker
mateuspoker
Not of to play without emotion but we need to try to have a good management of emotions especially when we lose a hand and another and another and we feel like the deck in offset or when we lose with AA after KK but that's part of the game need to be patient and play with the emotions and with our reason
I do not believe in a game where you play it only with reason and even the emotional factor counts a lot in poker
mateuspoker
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sibird
Rock Star
Silver Level
At school level i was very fond of reading detective novels. I used to read them all night and never felt tired or sleepy. Why? because i was interested in reading them. My heart was involved.
But when i read the school text books i felt like i was tiered or exhausted. Why? because my interest was less. My thought was how to pass the exam. My brain was more involved.
In poker you must utilize your brain as well as heart. With brain you can do all your mathematical calculations but you also need your heart to maintain your concentration in the game. Brain represents practicability of the things where as heart represents your emotions. For better results you need to utilize both of them.
I wonder why you are asking such question as 'how to play without emotions?".
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ThinkIllcallUwitha5
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Meditation is very good. The hardest guy to play against is a person who is really happy to just gamble and doesn't seem to care if he wins or loses. I can never tell if he's got 27o or AA. He's just happy and has a big smile when he bets but still has a good brain and doesn't do anything too stupid with too much of his stack. So if you can find inner peace or at least get closer to it, you can turn it into cash.
Probably not exactly what Buddha intended by teaching how to achieve enlightenment.
Probably not exactly what Buddha intended by teaching how to achieve enlightenment.
